Information for Prospective Students

Video description of the graduate program is available here.

Video of current graduate students describing their experiences in the program is available here.

Applicants for the graduate program apply online here.  Students are encouraged to submit their application at any time but by January 15th for full consideration.  The Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology graduate program is open to all eligible students regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age. 

The graduate student stipend is $33,000/year prior to PhD candidacy and $35,000/yr following PhD candidacy.  Tuition and health insurance costs also are provided.

Most pharmacologists and toxicologists are employed in teaching, research and service activities within universities, medical centers, research institutes, consulting firms, government agencies, pharmaceutical and chemical firms, toxicology laboratories, or other private or public agencies.

 Career information from the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics  

Career information from the Society of Toxicology